While Zhu Ping'an sent away the eunuch who announced the decree, and continued to inspect the construction of the anti-Japanese sentry tower with Liu Dadao and others, the Matsuura family of Hizen Province, the daimyo of Hirado, in the northwest of Japan across the sea, welcomed a guest from the Ming Dynasty.
, to be precise, he was a hostage from the Ming Dynasty, a monk with an average appearance and a sinister face.
This monk hostage is Xu Hai. This Xu Hai is not the other Xu Hai. He is not Xu Hai, a doctor in the official department who came to Jingnan more than ten days ago to investigate the corruption case of Zhu Ping'an colluding with grain dealers. He is a Japanese pirate.
Xu Hai.
Xu Hai's treatment in the Matsuura family was not high, and the Matsuura family did not treat him as a distinguished guest. The house he lived in was also owned by a servant of the Matsuura family. The roof leaked, the windows leaked, and the food he ate was meager.
He wasn't even given the island country's specialty raw fish fillet, and he had no freedom. He was always surrounded by two samurai from the Matsuura family, which was normal. After all, he was just a hostage.
The reason why Xu Hai is now a hostage of the Matsuura family actually starts with his assassination of the Pirate King, no, King Hui of Jinghai - Wang Zhi.
The reasons why Xu Hai assassinated Wang Zhi were very complicated. First, they had different ideas. Wang Zhi had always had great expectations for the imperial court and wanted to recruit people to replace Japan's tribute position, trade with Ming Dynasty, and monopolize Ming Dynasty's overseas trade.
The purpose was to strictly restrain the piracy of his Japanese pirates for a time; while Xu Hai pursued a business without capital. No matter what kind of trade, doing business requires costs and risks. How can there be the pleasure of robbery? No capital is needed, and it can be snatched back.
It was profit. When Wang Zhi restrained the Japanese pirates' piracy, Xu Hai also led the Japanese pirates to attack the coast from time to time, and was severely scolded by Wang Zhi. Secondly, he was dissatisfied with the treatment. Xu Hai had great ambitions and believed that he had extraordinary abilities, so he tried to listen to them.
His mother said that on the night he was born, his mother dreamed of Sirius in her arms. Xu Hai often thought to himself that Sirius was in her arms. How could I be a mortal? However, Wang Zhi did not give him a status that matched him. Wang Zhi's subordinates were
Wang Xia Qiwuhai, no, is mainly divided into seven major captains. The representative captains include Mao Haifeng and Xu Yuanliang from Zhejiang, Xu Weixue from Anhui, and Ye Zongman from Fujian. Xu Hai considers himself to be as talented as Mao Haifeng, Xu Yuanliang and others.
In his opinion, Mao Haifeng was just relying on Wang Zhi's adopted son, and Xu Yuanliang and others were short-witted, so he asked Wang Zhi many times to volunteer, saying that he wanted to be a captain of a ship, but Wang Zhi always refused.
Did not agree. Third, he was instigated. His uncle Xu Weixue secretly instigated Xu Hai to assassinate Wang Zhi many times. His uncle Xu Weixue was originally Wang Zhi's business partner. When the stall was small, the two parties cooperated happily and there was no respect for each other.
It's humble, but when the business gets bigger, Wang Zhi dominates the entrepreneurial group because his ability is much higher than that of Xu Weixue, and Xu Weixue becomes just a crew chief under Wang Zhi. Wang Zhi eats meat, but Xu Weixue can only drink soup.
Why, we are all founders, why do you eat meat and me drink soup, why do you have to give me orders and I can only obey? Xu Weixue is not willing to make profits, and the power is controlled by Wang Zhi, and he has been trying to kill Wang Zhi.
To replace Wang Zhi's position. Therefore, Xu Weixue secretly instigated Xu Hai to assassinate Wang Zhi many times so that he could take over.
Of course, the three feet of ice did not freeze in a day. There are many reasons why Xu Hai assassinated Wang Zhi, but the trigger was because of a woman - a legendary woman - Xu Hai's woman Wang Cuiqiao.
Wang Cuiqiao. Gender: Female. Occupation: She used to be engaged in the ancient flesh and blood business and was a famous Jiangnan oiran. Now she is the head wife of Xu Hai who brought her home in a sedan chair. Origin: The daughter of a northern official, her father was an official, and her father was a later father.
Dismissed from office due to a crime, the Wang family fell into decline, and Wang Cuiqiao was reduced to a prostitute by the Qinhuai River. Because she was beautiful, slender, had a delicate voice, well-informed and gentle, and had the heroic spirit of a northern woman, a strong personality, and capable and straightforward actions.
There was a huge contrast in appearance and personality, so he was famous along the Qinhuai River. He was a courtesan with a far-reaching reputation on the Qinhuai River at that time. Once when he went to the home of a dignitary to do business, he encountered Japanese pirates on the road and was captured alive by the Japanese pirates. Japanese pirates
They dedicated Wang Cuiqiao to their leader, Xu Hai. Xu Hai fell in love at first sight with Wang Cuiqiao, who was from a well-known family, noble temperament, well-educated, and had a rough life experience, and married Wang Cuiqiao as his official wife in an eight-carriage sedan chair. A beautiful name spread far and wide, and she became famous for a while.
The courtesan was a rising star in the Japanese pirate community. Their marriage was widely known and became a popular story in the Japanese pirate circle at the time.
However, Wang Cuiqiao's reputation for beauty spread far and wide, and it even reached the ears of Mao Haifeng, Wang Zhi and others.
In the 31st year of Jiajing, it was Wang Zhi's fiftieth birthday. Wang Zhi's godson Mao Haifeng held a grand birthday party for his adoptive father in Ligang, Zhoushan. All the Japanese pirate leaders, big and small, attended. During the banquet, Mao Haifeng used his drunkenness to "
"Please" Xu Hai's wife Wang Cuiqiao sing and dance to cheer up, all the Japanese pirates are making noises, Xu Hai has no choice but to agree. Wang Cuiqiao is worthy of the Qinhuai oiran, her song and dance, stunning birthday banquet, makes all the Japanese pirates fascinated, it is Wang Zhiye
He couldn't help but be moved, and Wang Cuiqiao came forward to pour wine to celebrate his birthday.
After the birthday banquet on that day, there were rumors in the Japanese pirate circle that Wang Zhi intended to take Wang Cuiqiao as his concubine.
This is the hatred of taking away a wife.
After hearing this, Xu Hai had no doubts and felt great hatred in his heart. During the birthday banquet, Wang Zhi ordered Wang Cuiqiao to come forward and pour wine.
The hatred for killing one's father, the hatred for taking away one's wife, these are the sworn hatred of men.
Therefore, Xu Hai started to assassinate Wang Zhi after being instigated by his uncle Xu Weixue.
However, Wang Zhi has been licking blood from the edge of a knife to this day, how can he be easily assassinated? Xu Hai's assassination was discovered by Wang Zhi in the preparation stage, and all the stolen goods were seized by Wang Zhi before the assassination began.
After Xu Hai's assassination failed, he was almost killed by Wang Zhi. After his uncle Xu Weixue's constant persuasion and pleading, Wang Zhi spared Xu Hai. Later, the news that Xu Weixue had instigated Xu Hai to assassinate Wang Zhi was spread to unknown persons.
After they came out, Xu Weixue was worried about Wang Zhi's revenge and was already dissatisfied with Wang Zhi's monopoly on profits and power, so he simply left with Xu Hai and some Japanese pirates, parted ways with Wang Zhi, and started working alone.
However, Xu Wei's academic ambition is as high as the sky, but his ability and luck are completely poor.
After Xu Weixue took Xu Hai out to work alone, he was gearing up to recruit troops and prepare to do something big.
For the first time, Xu Weixue chose Taizhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and prepared to grab a huge fortune.
burn one's boats!
Army attack!
When a lion fights a rabbit, he must use all his strength!
Xu Weixue pulled all the men and horses on board, pierced three small boats in public, expressed his determination to the Japanese pirates under his command, and shouted to encourage the Japanese pirates under his command. Xu Weixue was in high spirits.
But he was so unlucky that Xu Weixue's entire army attacked this time and encountered a typhoon halfway before reaching the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Yes, that's right, it was that typhoon, the one that caused heavy rains in the south of the Yangtze River.
After a typhoon, Xu Weixue's high-spirited spirit was buried in the sea. Of the more than 800 pirate ships, less than thirty were left, and almost all of the thousands of Japanese pirates under his command were also lost in the sea.